Grid, orientation

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OBJECT TYPE: curved/X-ray
DATE: 1920–1930
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1969.1562.004

MANUFACTURER: General Electric X-ray Corp.
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 4
Total Parts: 6
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: Metals (including lead & steel), wood and canvas components.

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 61.3 cm
Width: 46.0 cm
Height: 10.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Medical Technology
Category: Radiology
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: General Electric
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Illinois
City: Chicago

Context

Country: North America
State/Province: Unknown
Period: This type of device used c. 1920s+
Canada: Unknown
Function: Unknown
Technical: Used to orientate patient's placement and positioning in preparation for procedure, and provides spatial frame-of-reference for completed image. Use of lead strips helped limit x-ray penetration. Later flat-grid design permitted greater latitude in positioning of X-ray tube, and uniformly clear definition to extreme edges of X-ray film. [Refs. 1 & 2]
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: No markings
Missing: N/A
Finish: Brown strips of wood alternate with lead on curved face; steel frame & fittings
Decoration: N/A

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General Electric X-ray Corp., Grid, orientation, circa 1920–1930, Artifact no. 1969.1562, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1969.1562.004/

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